Microsoft Skype for Business (formerly Microsoft Lync)
England > North West
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West requiring Skype for Business skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Skype for Business over the 6 months leading up to 22 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 22 Aug 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 114 | - | 139 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | +37 |
| DemandTrendContract jobs citing Skype for Business | 17 | 0 | 5 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West | 0.77% | - | 0.17% |
| As % of the Application Platforms category | 5.78% | - | 2.07% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £458 | - | £221 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £465 | - | £223 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | +41.27% |
| 75th Percentile | £473 | - | £299 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £345 |
| England median daily rate | £575 | £664 | £425 |
| % change year-on-year | -13.37% | +56.18% | - |
All Application Platform Skills
North West
Skype for Business falls under the Application Platforms category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring application platform skills in the North West.
| DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills | 294 | 180 | 242 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West | 13.25% | 7.38% | 8.38% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 207 | 126 | 173 |
| 10th Percentile | £286 | £225 | £221 |
| 25th Percentile | £349 | £375 | £363 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £410 | £463 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -11.35% | -7.50% | +11.11% |
| 75th Percentile | £488 | £549 | £600 |
| 90th Percentile | £600 | £643 | £685 |
| England median daily rate | £500 | £525 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.76% | - | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 15 | 8 | 9 |
| 10th Percentile | £34.50 | £24.76 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £37.80 | £28.45 | £16.25 |
| Median hourly rate | £47.12 | £40.00 | £19.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +17.80% | +110.53% | -70.30% |
| 75th Percentile | £72.60 | £45.94 | £22.53 |
| 90th Percentile | £76.50 | £54.75 | £26.02 |
| England median hourly rate | £41.26 | £35.00 | £46.09 |
| % change year-on-year | +17.87% | -24.06% | +109.50% |
Skype for Business
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West
Job postings citing Skype for Business as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.
Skype for Business
Daily Rate Trend in the North West
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Skype for Business.
Skype for Business
Hourly Rate Trend in the North West
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Skype for Business.
Skype for Business
DemandTrendContract Job Locations in the North West
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Skype for Business within the North West region over the 6 months to 22 August 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.
| Location | Rank Change on Same Period Last Year |
Matching DemandTrendContract IT Job Ads |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheshire | - | 11 | - | - | 1 |
| Cumbria | - | 6 | £465 | - | |
| Skype for Business England |
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Skype for Business
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories: